Portals to environmental libraries, news

Water quality and quantity at http://www.waterconserve.org/ has extensive searchable library, unique!

Climate change and waterways at http://www.climateark.org/

Listing of museums, libraries and historical societies

Neville Public Museum at http://www.co.brown.wi.us/Museum/ Brown County's museum of art, history and science, on the shores of the Fox River in downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin

Brown County Library at http://www.co.brown.wi.us/library/ has a local history room under the supervision of Mary Jane Herber

Appleton Public Library at Appleton area history archives has newspaper collections on line for searching river history as well as historic plat books.

Mount Prospect Historical Society covers the 'other Fox River' of southern Wisconsin and northeast Illinois
http://www.mphist.org/mphshome.htm

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Webcams

on Lake Michigan, USA Lake Michigan webcam

Agencies, organizations and publications with a focus on river environmental health.

Renewable Energy Today Booklet
http://www.focusonenergy.com/data/common/pageBuilderFiles/intro_529252818.pdf

People and organizations are using a variety of renewable energy technologies. The Renewable Energy Today Booklet describes 20 systems in Northeast Wisconsin, how they work, how much they cost and how much energy they product.

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
http://www.unep.org/vitalwater/

The United Nations Environment Programme has been at the forefront of assessing and monitoring global water resources and presenting information on their use and management for 30 years. UNEP has compiled this report in order to provide an easily accessible resource on the state of the world's waters. The goal of this publication is to produce a clear overview, through a set of graphics, maps and other illustrations of the the state of the world's fresh and marine waters. It also illustrates the causes, effects, trends and threats facing our water sources.

UNESCO Hydrological Programme
http://webworld.unesco.org/water/ihp/db/shiklomanov/index.shtml

A great treasure has been assembled by a Russian connected with the International Hydrological Programme (IHP), UNESCO'S intergovernmental scientific co-operative program in water resources. The site contains records of flow in rivers across the globe.

The present database is the first attempt to disseminate a comprehensive data set on global surface water resources, and water use for domestic, agricultural and industrial purposes. Forecasts of expected water use until 2025, and a database of monthly discharges of selected rivers in the world are also included. The database is offered to initiate a dialogue among those concerned with freshwater resources assessment and monitoring.

Professor Igor A. Shiklomanov
Scientific Leader and Editor
State Hydrological Institute (SHI)
St. Petersburg, 1999

Waters Of Wisconsin: The Future of Our Aquatic Ecosystems and Resources
http://www.wisconsinacademy.org/

Minnesota's http://www.audubonark.org project that uses boats, web reporting and monitoring with links to schools.

http://www.lakemichigan.org/ is website for the Alliance for the Great Lakes

Minnesota Rivers and Lakes newly merged Minnesota Lakes Association and Rivers Council of Minnesota

Clean Water Action Council of Northeastern Wisconsin (CWAC) invites you to visit Fox River Watch at www.foxriverwatch.com. The Fox River Watch website contains information for the public about PCB contamination of the Fox River in Wisconsin, the proposed PCB cleanup, and health effects of exposure to PCBs.

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River related reference sites.

Real-time monitoring of stream flows and water-supply wells across the nation, operated by the USGeological Survey.
http://water.usgs.gov/nwis/

The web's first interactive topographical map of the United States.
http://www.topozone.com/

Comprehensive listing and links to newspaper coverage of the Fox River (Wisconsin, USA) and related environment.
http://www.foxriverwatch.com/media_news_pcb.html